The Washington Capitals host the New York Islanders as he makes his first trip back to DC after leading the Capitals to the Stanley Cup this past summer. The Capitals will look to end their three game losing streak and keep themselves atop the Metropolitan Division.

New York Islanders:

Projected Lineup:

Anders Lee — Brock Nelson — Jordan Eberle

Anthony Beauvillier — Mathew Barzal — Josh Bailey

Tom Kuhnhackl — Valtteri Filppula — Leo Komarov

Matt Martin — Casey Cizikas — Cal Clutterbuck

Nick Leddy — Johnny Boychuk

Adam Pelech — Ryan Pulock

Devon Toews — Scott Mayfield

Thomas Greiss

Robin Lehner

Scratched:Ross Johnston, Michael Dal Colle, Luca Sbisa

Injured:Thomas Hickey (upper body), Andrew Ladd (lower body)

Keys to the Game:

1. Keep up the quick starts

The last two games the Islanders have jumped to 3 goal leads early, and with the struggles the Capitals have been going through lately it would benefit the Islanders to get a quick lead to start this game as well.

The Capitals need a good start to get their game going in a positive way. If the Capitals can score the first goal, or get an early powerplay which can get them generating offensively it will push away some of those negative vibes.